weathering & mass movement
Across
- 3. small broken pieces of rock
- 7. rapid most violent of the mass movements
- 8. fertile top soil
- 10. when living things break down rock either physically or chemically
- 13. a layer of a soil profile
- 14. a type of farm practice that prevents erosion using staggered elevated rows
- 15. curved scar from slump
- 16. where eroded material comes to rest
- 18. the slow downward movement of soil
- 20. the slope and orientation of the land
- 21. large moving body of ice
- 24. lake formed by glacial activity
- 25. types of physical weathering
- 26. a sample that shows each layer of soil
- 28. type of chemical weathering resulting from rock reacting to oxygen
- 30. removal of weathered rock
Down
- 1. type of erosion
- 2. large area of deposition at the mouth of a river
- 4. the force behind most mass movements
- 5. built to block and prevent wind erosion
- 6. most common force affecting erosion
- 9. broken rock and organic material
- 11. removal by friction or scraping
- 12. the freezing and thawing and refreezing that breaks down rock
- 17. removal of whole upper layer
- 19. break down of rock
- 22. the dropping of whole section of land due to failure of the underneath to support the weight above
- 23. indicates ability to support growth
- 27. created by wind moving large amounts of sand/soil
- 29. land that supports plant growth good for farming